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blifter was applied to her back ; by which her cough 
and wheezing were rendered confiderably eafier, and 
the phlegm, which fhe fpit up, loft its purulent ap- 
pearance, became thinner, more frothy, and was- 
much lefs in quantity. Her pulfe beat now only 
104 times in a minute. After this, her cough and 
fpitting increafing again, fhe had, on the 20th of 
December, a fourth blifter applied to her back, which, 
like the former, did her great fervice. Her ftomach 
being extremely delicate, I fcarce ordered any medi- 
cines for her all this time, except a cordial julep', 
with fpir.. volat.. oleof. tin&ure of rhubarb as a laxa- 
tive, and a julep of aqu. rofar. acet . vin. alb. and fyr . 
balfam. of which laft fhe took two table fpoonfuls 
twice or t-hrice a day in a quarter of a pint of lint- 
feed tea. After the fourth blifter, fhe drank for 
fome time a cupful of infufum arnarum twice a day,, 
and continued to recover flowly : and tho’ during the 
remaining part of the winter fhe was* as ufually, a 
good deal troubled with a cough, yet in the fpring fhe 
got free from it, and is now in her ordinary health. 
IV. Chriftian M c ewen, aged 21, had- laboured 
under a cough, thick fpitting, pain of her breaft, 
and pains in her fides affe&ing her breathing, for 
about a twelvemonth : and after getting, by proper 
remedies, in a good meafure free from thofe com- 
plaints, her cough, from catching a frefti cold, in- 
creafed to a greater degree than ever, became hard- 
and dry, and was attended with a conftant difficulty 
of breathing, pain in her left fide, and head-ach. 
After having been feven or eight days in this condi- 
tion, file was admitted into the Royal Infirmary, Ja- 
nuary 
